CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World

Charges over deadly New Zealand volcanic eruption dismissed 05 Sep 2023 - 09:10 am
This handout photo taken and released on December 13, 2019 by the New Zealand Defence Force shows soldiers taking part in a mission to retrieve some of the 22 bodies from White Island after the December 9 volcanic eruption, off the coast from Whakatane on New Zealand's North Island. Photo by Handout / New Zealand Defence Force / AFP
Japanese man admits starting deadly anime studio fire: reports 05 Sep 2023 - 08:59 am
People wait in line for tickets to attend the first trial of Shinji Aoba, the defendant in the Kyoto Animation arson murder case, in Kyoto on September 5, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
EU sees asylum requests jump 28% so far in 2023: agency 05 Sep 2023 - 08:59 am
Peninsula
Biden trip offers little hope to 'desperate' Vietnam activists 05 Sep 2023 - 08:53 am
Vietnam's journalist Le Anh Hung, sentenced to five years in jail, gives an interview in Hanoi on September 5, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
OpenAI chief granted Indonesia's first golden visa 05 Sep 2023 - 08:34 am
Peninsula
South African rhino farm, world's largest, bought by NGO 04 Sep 2023 - 11:18 pm
Rhinos are seen at an undisclosed location in the North-West Province of South Africa, on April 2, 2023. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)
Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert 04 Sep 2023 - 09:54 pm
This handout image provided courtesy of Josh Lease on September 3, 2023 shows a double rainbow over flooding on a desert plain on September 1, 2023, after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada's Black Rock desert into a mud pit. (Photo by Josh Lease / UGC / AFP) 
Lagos starts new railway to ease traffic snarls 04 Sep 2023 - 09:31 pm
The Lagos Blue Line rail arrives at the Marina station during the inauguration of commercial operation of the mass transit in Lagos on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP)
UK report exposes high number of anonymous property owners 04 Sep 2023 - 07:58 pm
File photo used for representation only.
Sudan's army chief returns from Juba as UN raises aid appeal to $1 billion 04 Sep 2023 - 07:41 pm
President of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (centre) arrives to board an airplane at Port Sudan airport, heading to South Sudan, on September 4, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Belgium struggles with spread of 'invasive' raccoons 04 Sep 2023 - 07:12 pm
A raccoon is trapped in a cage near the village of Chapois in the province of Namur on September 1, 2023. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
No new grain deal until the West meets demands, says Russia’s Putin 04 Sep 2023 - 05:43 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Presidential Press Office on September 4, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a meeting in Sochi. (Photo by Murat Cetin Muhurdar / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Israeli Occupation Forces arrest 9 Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem, West Bank 04 Sep 2023 - 04:33 pm
Peninsula
First Africa Climate Summit opens as continent demands more say, funding 04 Sep 2023 - 04:27 pm
Kenyan President William Ruto (1st row centre) and leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the Africa Climate Summit 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
Free electricity boon for Norway's two biggest cities 04 Sep 2023 - 03:11 pm
Image used for representation only.
Video: Spectacular meteor lights up night sky in Turkiye 04 Sep 2023 - 02:51 pm
Screen grab of the video being shared across social media
Two dead, one missing as torrential rains lash Spain 04 Sep 2023 - 02:45 pm
Officers of the Guardia Civil search through a river in the town of Aldea del Fresno, in the Madrid region on September 4, 2023, as a man was reported missing after his vehicle was swept away by an overflowing river during heavy rains, according to Madrid's emergency services. Photo by Oscar DEL POZO CAÑAS / AFP
Australian icebreaker rescues stricken Antarctic researcher 04 Sep 2023 - 02:08 pm
Peninsula